The Russian Auction, 2009-03-12, Stockholm

[Евгений]

The picture Makovskogo sold for 147 thousand euros
At the bidding of the auction house in Sweden Stockholms Auktionswerk Konstantin Makovsky's painting "Singer" (1892) was sold for 1 миллион 650 тысяч Swedish kronor (147 thousand euros), reportedly at the auction house on March 12.
Among the other works on display at the auction of Russian art in Stockholm, it should be noted collection of drawings of Philip Malyavina, which went under the hammer for SEK 596 thousand (54 thousand euros). Portrait of Emperor Alexander III of artist Nikolai Bogatskogo was bought for 44 thousand Swedish crowns (4 thousand euro) for the residence of Russia's ambassador in Paris.

Significant number of lots were sold. Thus, their customers do not find work Deineki Alexander, Oscar Rabin and other artists. In general, prices of sold works were somewhat lower than expected. In addition, the organizers noted that Russia's bidders were passive, yielding the initiative to Western collectors.